Shaw Nature Reserve staff and volunteers will share the history of the Nature Reserve with you through pictures or take you on a tour around the property or behind the scenes in our historic buildings.
This picturesque red brick house was built in 1879 by former Confederate Colonel Thomas William Bouldin Crews. The two-story modified Italianate-Victorian home was a center of one of the five working farms purchased by the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1925. Come hear about the people who lived here as we walk inside the home and around the perimeter, learn how we restored and utilized new green building standards in the home, and learn about the history of the adjacent Whitmire Wildflower Garden.